Seguir imperfect conjugation
Seguir in the imperfect: seguía, seguías, seguía, seguíamos, seguíais, seguían.
- to follow; to continue; to keep (doing)
- stem-changing (e→i)
- Participle: seguido
- Gerund: siguiendo
Imperfect imperfecto
| yo | seguía |
|---|---|
| tú | seguías |
| él/ella/usted | seguía |
| nosotros | seguíamos |
| vosotros | seguíais |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | seguían |
How to use seguir in the imperfect
The imperfect of seguir is regular: seguía, seguías, seguía, seguíamos, seguían. It describes ongoing states in the past, often with a gerund: "Seguía lloviendo cuando salimos." It is also used for things that were still true: "Seguía trabajando allí." There is no stem change in this tense. Pair it with "todavía" or "aún" to stress that something had not changed.
Examples
Cuando llegué, todavía seguían en la reunión.
When I arrived, they were still in the meeting.
Seguía sin entender el problema.
I still didn't understand the problem.
Mi abuelo seguía trabajando a los ochenta años.
My grandfather was still working at eighty.
Quick check: seguir in the imperfect
More seguir tenses
- All seguir tenses
- Seguir present
- Seguir preterite
- Seguir future
- Seguir conditional
- Seguir present subjunctive
- Seguir affirmative commands
Other verbs in the imperfect
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